CustomToast in Android

Introduction

 

This article explains CustomToasts in Android. Android Studio is used to create the sample. For this, you will use LayoutInflator to inflate the layout in another layout. For this, you will create the object of LayoutInflator by calling getLayoutInflator() provided by the LayoutInflator. Now get the Layout into the view by calling the inflate method of LayoutInflator.

 

You will use two XML files, one to hold the layout and another that will be held.

• getLayoutInflator(): gets the layout object
• inflate(): inflates another layout  

Step 1

 

Create a project like this:

 

 

Step 2

 

Create an XML file and write this:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Custom Toast"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textSize="25dp"
        android:textColor="#f14e23"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        />

</RelativeLayout>

Step 3

 

Create another XML file and write this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/custom_Toast"
    android:background="#f14e23">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/imageView"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:background="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Custom Toast Example"
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_gravity="center" />
</LinearLayout>

Step 4

 

Create a Java class file with the following code.

 

For this, you will use LayoutInflator to inflate the layout in another layout. For this you will create an object of LayoutInflator by calling getLayoutInflator() provided by the LayoutInflator. Now get the Layout into the view by calling the inflate method of LayoutInflator.

package com.customtoast;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        LayoutInflater layoutInflater=getLayoutInflater();
        View layout=layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.second,(ViewGroup)findViewById(R.id.custom_Toast));
        Toast t=new Toast(getApplicationContext());
        t.setDuration(Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
        t.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL,0,0);
        t.setView(layout);
        t.show();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }
}

Step 5

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.customtoast"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="7"
        android:targetSdkVersion="16" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="com.customtoast.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

Step 6

 

The following is a Custom Toast containing another Layout: